Course Syllabus

IS 414 –Operating Systems

Online Version

Dr. John C. Molluzzo

Summer I, 2002

 

Instructor Information

Instructor: Dr. John C. Molluzzo - Chair, IS, New York

Office: 161 William Street, 2nd Floor. Room 241

E-mail: jmolluzzo@pace.edu

Telephone: 212-346-1780

Fax: 212-346-1863

Web Page: csis.pace.edu/~molluzzo

 

Online Office Hour: Dr. Molluzzo plans to have an online, real-time office hour once each week during which you can ask questions about course material. Days and times for this activity will vary. Once the semester starts, see the Course Calendar in Blackboard CourseInfo for the day and time of the online office hour.

Course Description

This course covers the basics of operating systems theory – memory, processor, device, and file management (Chapters 1-8). It will also discuss and demonstrate these operating systems functions as realized in MS/DOS, Windows 2000/XP, and UNIX/Linux (Chapters 12-14).

 

Course Goals

This course will give you an understanding of the functioning of a modern operating system. At the completion of the course, you will be able to understand and explain how a modern operating system manages the computer's four basic resources:

You will also be able to:

 

Text

Flynn, Ida M. and Ann McIver McHoes, Understanding Operating Systems, 3rd ed., Brooks/Cole, 2001.

 

Course Support

 

            The course will be conducted using Blackboard. To access Blackboard, you must go to the web site blackboard.pace.edu. The course site will contain announcements, assignments, Web links, grades, and other information. You must check the course site at least every two days.

 

Technology Requirements

Course Outline

Readings

You MUST keep up with the assigned readings in order to take part in a meaningful way in the Discussion Board and to complete the homework assignments. Make sure that you begin reading each week's assignment on time. Allot enough time each day in your schedule to do the reading and the assigned homework.

Week 1: June 3-9

Week 2: June 10-16

Week 3: June 17-23

Week 4: June 24-30

Week 5: July 1-7

Week 6: July 8-11

 

Discussion Board

 

Papers

yourlastname-PaperX.doc. Thus, Joan Smith's second paper must be named

Smith-Paper2.doc

 

Course Requirements

  1. Required homework problems
  2. Two(2) papers that may require Internet search and readings
  3. Discussion Board participation discussions

 

Grade Distribution

Activity

Value

Participation in the Discussion Board

20 points

Paper 1 

20 points

Paper 2 

20 points

Homework: 5 points for first week
                   7 points each of last 5 weeks

40 points

Total

100 points

 

Converting Your Numeric Grade to a Letter Grade

Average

Letter Grade

>= 94

          A

>= 90 and < 94

          A-

>= 87 and < 90

          B+

>=84 and < 87

          B

>= 80 and < 84

          B-

>= 77 and < 80

          C+

>= 74 and < 77

          C

>= 70 and < 74

          C-

>= 65 and < 70

          D+

>= 60 and < 65

          D

< 60

          F

 

Course Policies